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may be crucial. Once a country becomes 'developed' and integrated into the global economic system, conservation of nature … this relies substantially on political processes including lobbying by conservation groups. It has been claimed that free … trade, e.g. implementation of GATT regulations can be expected to foster greater conservation as will .the structural …
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suggested of measuring these impacts accurately. The conservation consequences of the economic benefits from wildlife tourism … benefits from wildlife tourism contribute to nature conservation depends on several specified circumstances. In conclusion, it …
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The “Sodsaver” provision, which is a part of the 2008 Federal farm bill, is designed to lessen the conversion of native grass into cropland by limiting federal farm program payments on these converted acres within the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area (PPNPA) in the Northern Plains....
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This paper investigates factors influencing the public’s support for conservation of tropical reptile species in a … in willingness to pay for their conservation. …
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example, factors such as the level of education of visitors, their gender, knowledge of birds and conservation attitudes and … birds are modelled and discussed, and their economic conservation and biodiversity consequences are considered …
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(including their attitudes to commercial use), respondents’ support for the survival of these reptiles and for their conservation … to support the conservation of each of these focal reptile species. Respondents are asked to assume that they are given … $1,000 and that this can only be allocated to the conservation of these reptiles. Later, however, they are also given the …
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Conservation of biodiversity is a complex issue. Apart from the creation of nature reserves, there is a plethora of … imperative for the conservation of species and creation of reserves for them it is important to determine the public’s awareness …
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This paper discusses regulation of rural land-use and compensation, both of which appear to have become more common but also more disputed. The implications of contemporary theories in relation to this matter are examined. Coverage includes the applicability of new welfare economics, the...
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economic versions of the principle can give rise to conflicting policy recommendations for resource conservation. In addition …, it demonstrates that applications of the principle do not always favour (natural) resource conservation (for example …, biodiversity conservation) although the main support for it politically has been on the assumption it does. The principle …
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